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. 2020 Aug 25;7:147. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.00147

Table 2.

Complications, treatment, and clinical outcome in patients with COVID-19 during hospitalization.

Characteristic All (n = 222) No cardiac injury (n = 187) Cardiac injury (n = 35) P-value
Complication
AKI, n (%) 8 (3.6) 2 (1.1) 6 (17.1) <0.001
ALF, n (%) 12 (5.4) 8 (4.3) 4 (11.4) 0.086
ARDS, n (%) 25 (11.3) 4 (2.1) 21 (60.0) <0.001
Therapy
Glucocorticoid, n (%) 62 (27.9) 44 (23.5) 18 (51.4) 0.001
Inotropics, n (%) 10 (4.5) 1 (0.5) 9 (25.7) <0.001
LMWH, n (%) 15 (6.8) 4 (2.1) 11 (31.4) <0.001
IVGc, n (%) 28 (12.6) 13 (7.0) 15 (42.9) <0.001
Antivirus, n (%) 20 (9.0) 13 (7.0) 7 (20.0) <0.001
Non-invasive mechanical ventilation, n (%) 13 (5.9) 2 (1.1) 11 (31.4) <0.001
Invasive mechanical ventilation, n (%) 21 (9.5) 3 (1.6) 18 (51.4) <0.001
CRRT, n (%) 10 (4.5) 1 (0.5) 9 (25.7) <0.001
ECMO, n (%) 2 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 2 (5.7) 0.001
Clinical outcome
Death, n (%) 21 (9.5) 2 (1.1) 19 (54.3) <0.001

AST, aspartate aminotransferase; AKI, acute kidney injury; ALF, acute liver failure; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; LMWH, low molecular weight heparin; IVGc, intravenous glucocorticoids; CRRT, continuous renal replacement therapy; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.